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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dirronprease:
Hey everyone.

So I jumped the gun and tried to install a custom recovery on my GS4 with MF3. Big mistake, I know. Lucky for me the phone still booted, just recovery was shot. I tried all night to find a solution and all I could find was people referring people like me to Best Buy to maybe get the phone reflashed.

Well, I just fixed it. My wife has a GS4 with MF3 as well. I downloaded an app called "[ROOT] Recovery Tools - Flasher" from the Play Store. Both phones were rooted. I used the tool to "backup" the stock recovery from her phone, I then copied that file from her phone directly to mine. I used "Flash Other Recovery" and selected the backup file from her phone. SUCCESS. Stock recovery was now back.

If you cannot boot and can only get into the "Downloading" screen, then perhaps the backup image from Recovery Tool (An IMG file) can be pushed using Odin? I have no idea. I'm no dev, but I'm very happy to not have a broken recovery anymore.

I was lazy and just used the first file host that popped into Google, but if this works for you then please mirror for others!

Remove the hyphens and copy/paste (I can't include external links, as this is my first actual post)

h-t-t-p://w-w-w-.filedropper.c-o-m/331

Hopefully this is new and I'm not just repeating something everyone already knew, but I had no luck finding a fix for a corrupt MF3.

Good Luck guys, and I take no responsibility if you damage your phone somehow.

EDIT: Apprently a method already existed, although this method doesn't wipe your data!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
You could have just used ODIN to flash MF3. You might lose your personal data, but you will have a clean install with recovery. Maybe the method you used might help others that don't want to lose their set-up (personal data and apps) and just need to get the stock recovery back. Thanks for posting about your experience.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dirronprease:
I couldn't find an MF3 image file to flash, only previous versions. Do you know where there is an MF3 image? Maybe I just failed at searching. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] NighthawkXL:
There are several post around the forum with links to the MF3 Odin files that where leaked by [MENTION=5512958]Shockndrop[/MENTION]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2502003

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2504311

Here's some direct links to the downloads...

MEGA

Mediafire
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] dirronprease:
Nice! Somehow I missed all of this. In any case I was successful in solving it myself. Hopefully the information will be of some use to someone, even if it's just in not having to wipe their phone. Thanks for the information! I guess having multiple options is at least handy. If I hadn't already figured out a solution you'd have been a life saver though, really. I mean the phone worked fine, but having a broken recovery is just... disconcerting... Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] ajstudios4400:
There is no Odin available for download that currently supports MF3 Firmware.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] hovax615@hotmail.com:
Why don't you read before you post?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2502003

Here are the Odin files for mf3.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] scott14719:
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[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] elsral:
Hi,

My wizard run out of battery completly yesterday, I brought it home and try to recharge it, but no recharging light will appear.

I left it overnight connected to the mains but to no appeal,

I also removed the battery for a few minutes and then plug again but no luck.

I´m not using the mains provided adaptor but my travelling kit, a proporta mains/usb adaptor and a retractable sync/charge cable with a mini-usb pin cos I´m back home for Xmas and I don´t travel with the mains.

I have read about problems with some chargers from Boxwave, but I have consistently using this charging conbination since October.

Any ideas, should I send it back to expansys to repair, or is there anything else I can try?

Thanks

Elsral
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] export800:
same thing happened to me.. Supposely the phone will not charge from being completely dead without a charger that puts out 1amp. There is another method if you are a little brave... cut up an old car charger and hook it directly to the battery (red cord to + on battery and black to -) Read about it on howardforums and it worked like a champ. I only needed to jump the battery for about 30 seconds before I put it back in the phone and the amber light kicked on.. I was very relieved!! :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Xunil99:
Same happend to me yesterday. Simply plug the carger in and wait 1 or 2 seconds then switch the power button. After some seconds the carging light should switch on.

The wizard won't charge if it's switched off.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] elsral:
Export800,

you are a megastar,

I put apart a usb adaptor that I had built to charge my gps and I connected cables directly to battery for a minute and Voile,

tnx a million,

elsral
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] knowsleyroader:
But if the battery is totally dead surely the unit wont switch on ? Thus its a catch 22 ??? There is no power to switch on and the battery wont charge totally dead.

Ridiculous if you were caught out away from a charger and ended up having to pull apart a usb lead to get things back to life.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Xunil99:
If the battery is so low, that the wizard switches off itself, and you connect the charger, it won't charge, because it's switched off.

Use the power of the charger to turn it on, then charging will beginn (and also the device will boot).
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] knowsleyroader:
Can anyone else confirm this works as there have been many people having this problem. Simple solution if it works.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Xunil99:
Switch off your device completely (hold the Power Button) and try to charge: Nothing happens. Now switch it on - charging begins.

I have noticed that last week, when battery was very low and i know that i would need my wizard in about half an hour. So i switched it off completely, so that it would charge faster and noticed that.

Yesterday when battery was totally dead i remembered that and i switched it on.

Btw, doesn't it damage the battery, if you connect it to 12 V (!!)??
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] knowsleyroader:
If I come across the problem will certainly be trying your method before I will be ripping into any usb leads :D
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] sven123:
The same thing happened to me this past weekend. We were out camping and my MDA's (wizard) battery went completely dead. I had a USB sync cable for my laptop, but that would not revive the unit. I'm afraid the only way to bring it back to life is with the original OEM charger which has an output of 1 amp. Thanks for the post!
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] fowen:
I had the same issue a while back. At first I thought the moto charger I had was dead but then I plugged in a old SMT5600 and it worked fine.

I left it plugged into my computer for a hour or so and finally I heard the "new usb device blip" from the other room and it started to charge. Guess I was lucky.

Same thing happened with my wifes SMT5600. The battery died and she couldn't get it to charge with her moto mini usb charger. I plugged it into my machine and a hour later the charging light came on.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] sooby77:
I have heard that the Wizard will not charge from my laptop using a usb cable if it is completely drain. I find this to be NOT TRUE.

I ran out of juice twice last weekend. The thing about the Wizard is that, if it's completely drained, it will get stuck at the boot screen, and go no further.

Take out the battery to turn it off again. Put the battery back in, and then plug in your charger. DO NOT TURN IT BACK ON. It needs all the power it can get. Give it a minute, and you will see your orange charge light come on. Just leave it alone for several hours, and it will charge. This is my experience.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] itsmewhoelse:
I got it! But, first the story.

None of the above methods helped me. I tried plugging it in to a big truck lighter, a pickup truck, even an ac adapter for my coleman cooler. Nothing!

However, I had a powered Pro-Clip mount that I had as a backup for the one I use. Guess what? THAT worked!

I think the cable makes the difference. Need to find the specs on those puppies. LOL

Thanks for the help.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gyco:
I had a Note 2 for 8 months and found the stock browser to be the best for everything, especially flash video. Now I've moved up to the Note 3, many flash video sites dont work.

Is there any reason why I can't install the stock browser from Note 2 to Note 3?

Edit: So I pulled SecBrowser.apk from a Note 2 ROM I had on my PC, copied it to system/app, changed the read/write permissions and rebooted. It works 90% of the time but unfortunately it randomly stops working.

Would be great to get it working, not only for flash video, but also for the auto hide address bar, which the 4.3 stock browser doesn't have.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AHomelessGuy:
Is it possible since the N5 has a somewhat always listening feature to have the same feature as the Moto X always on feature?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashirviskas:
KLP supports that. You activate Google now just by saying OK, Google. Even when screen is turned off.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukas_s:
No. The Nexus 5 supports using "Ok Google" to launch into Google Now only when the screen is turned on, and you are on a homescreen.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashirviskas:
Sorry... I thought Snapdragon 800 supports these things as it haves all the cpus that Moto X has.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [Sent]:
It does, but I imagine there is some sort of proprietary software that Moto uses that Google has chosen not to use, otherwise what would be the point of buying a MotoX instead of a Nexus 5?

Just my thoughts.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vincent Law:
The Moto X actually uses a separate chip design specifically for that functionality. No other phone currently has that. Snapdragon 800's do have a SIMILAR built-in chip function which could potentially do the same thing, but no apps are currently able to take advantage of it. It would require system drivers to even make use of it, and then a rewrite of the Moto X Assist app to run.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MidnightRising:
From what I've read, the Moto X does thing a bit differently. It actually has an extra microphone and a microprocessor in order to take care of it, rather than use the Snapdragon 800's built in capability. So it looks like we're going to have to make it ourselves, or maybe it'll be released in Android 5.0
[Sony Xperia ZL] devo3d:
I know this is probably crazy sounding to some but I just got my Xperia ZL c6506 in the mail yesterday but haven't unboxed it because I read several threads the day before about it having battery issues and not coming back on....At first I thought it was a small issue but apparently there are several of these phones that have had this issue. I would appreciate some feedback now before I open the box....:rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia ZL] unmaskedfalesh:
Dude

No cell phone is free of problems ot doesnot mean we stop buying them n using them..go ahead open it up n.emerse in the world of xperia..not to worry

Its a masterpiece n u wont b dissappointed with it...gud luck
[Sony Xperia ZL] devo3d:
LOL...I want to bad but I keep looking at that Nexus 5 thats out and can't make up my mind.....Thanks for your input, I do appreciate it.
[Sony Xperia ZL] coolrevi:
Really, my review on 7 months usage. Battery good, for a 5 incher phone totally depends on your usage( working days i get 2 days) weekends i have to charge at least twice a day. some heating issues( which is found in most of the devices),

Some Official Issues

IR blaster Manual function doesnt really work ( I have this, officially they don even know whats the problem with it)

Constant Mic issues, and ear piece issue (during Call) (I have mic issue)

Screen flickering (Fixed in update) but not for all.

Camera Black Spots (Again not For All)

And Right now my phone is under repair for Mic and IR Issue.

These are only negatives, now decide yourselves
[Sony Xperia ZL] devo3d:
Thank you, your input is very helpful. I've read about those issues also. This phone seems to have more bugs than the original XZ.

I sure hate to get rid of it...its such a pretty phone and well engineered. All the bugs seem to be from manufacturing, that would be quality control on the companies I guess. Sony should have done better with this being the so called successor to the Z.
[Sony Xperia ZL] maclancer:
I want to sell mine and buy a Nexus 5, pretty good phone
[Sony Xperia ZL] danieldp1990:
Well i can say my xperia ZL C6502 dont have any of does issues mentioned. no flickering, IR blaster work perfect, no black pixels on camera, great battery, mic, speaker and earpiece are working perfect. and not heating issues also. i just really love it.
[Sony Xperia ZL] einfachgaer:
I can confirm what the poster above me said. Back when I had stock rom installed, I could use IR blaster on different devices and even let it learn new commands, no single problem.

And the heating issue some are facing, it's due to the poor coded rom... If you install CM10.2 it takes your phone way longer to heat up.
[Sony Xperia ZL] devo3d:
I guess we'll both have to wait in line....Google is sold out and Ebay's prices are through the roof. :silly:
[Sony Xperia ZL] devo3d:
I wonder what the differences are in the two models that have such a swing on problems? I got the 6506 for the LTE band....Straight Talk has LTE now and its Prepay...I used it on my ONE X+ and it was great.
[Sony Xperia ZL] devo3d:
I love the feel of the phone and the features are pretty cool too....Crap, I'm just having a hard time deciding....LOL:confused:
[Sony Xperia ZL] CokeJunkee:
ZL C6503 here.

On .423 stock rom (rooted) everything worked fine, no flickering, no fc's and nice camera quality.

Battery drain wasn't that high neither.

A few days ago I updated to .67 stock rom (also rooted, no other mods installed), suddenly the battery drain was crazy high, even with stamina mode enabled.

I think the problem is not on hardware side, its the poor coded rom. Most problems are software related (at least for me). Some updates seem to behave more like downgrades... :( For now the most stable rom was .423.

If you don't mind unlocking your bootloader (make TA backup first!), PAC rom should be the best option. It's stable as rock, gives you Android 4.3 features and the battery seems to live longer than on any stock rom.

And for the heating issue: modern 4-core-1080p-devices always struggle with heat to some extent. Depends on screen brightness and the software and games you're running.

Overall the ZL is the best phone I've ever had. It's fast, it's 'small' and packs all the goodies you like ;)
[Sony Xperia ZL] jun1662:
I like the 5 incher compact size of the Xperia ZL. i believe it is the smallest available today with the thin vessel it really looks very sleek. Well that's me, form and function, it completely covers both.
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
I bought a 6506 - primarily because it was available for a good price...

Performance seems pretty reasonable on a "quasi" stock rom... it does heat up for me when I'm charging it and doing something - like right now I'm making a backup... that seems to heat up pretty well.

Battery drain doesn't seem too bad...

LTE performance is pretty decent... download speeds aren't terribly high in my area (range from ~ 20mb/s to ~ 26mb/s... but uploads range from ~ 6mb/s to 14mb/s... that's a significant increase from what I was getting before.

I'm unsure if I'll keep this for very long or not... I've already created a TA backup... and I'm seriously considering testing cm10.2 or some other rom...
[Sony Xperia ZL] TheTofu:
I've had my C6506 for over half a year now, it was in perfect condition out of the box and everything worked great. LTE was nice and fast depending on coverage.

Currently using Omni ROM 4.4, it's IMO the best ROM for the phone right now, the performance is absolutely great, it feels almost like a new phone again. Everything is snappy which was an issue I had with other 4.3 based roms, they just seemed to have little pockets of lag here and there that while they were easy to ignore at the time, once I switched to 4.4 it definitely became noticeably better.

Google implemented IR support so hopefully we'll see that put to use soon for AOSP roms.

Battery life has been pretty good, I'm able to average 10-16 hours during a regular work day depending on usage, if I'm at home using only the wifi I can easily get atleast 20 hours.

I've found the phone only heats up during a few scenarios: Charging the battery, browsing the web at max brightness for an extended period of time(30+ minutes), watching videos or playing a game, and even then, the phone never gets to unbearable heat.

I would highly recommend switching to Omni ROM 4.4, but whether or not the Sony exclusive stuff is worthwhile is up to you.

For me the Sony stuff isn't worthwhile because when I first got my phone backing up the TA partition wasn't widespread knowledge, so I'll never get the DRM locked stuff again.
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
After reading your comments I might have to give that a try...

Somehow I don't think today will be the day to try 4.4 on my phone...
[Sony Xperia ZL] vhl71:
I traded my galaxy S3 for the ZL. Loving it so far. Phone display is amazing and the design is sleek. Battery life is far better than S3 and I love the stock ROM very much. With S3 i've had so many lauchers and apps to make the phone look good. But with ZL I'm just using the stock ROM..everything just works the way i want..

I would definitely keep this phone..
[Sony Xperia ZL] alltubetone:
I bought a Nexus 5 and sold it 3 days later - it was smooth, and I mean pretty darn smooth in the OS, but the ZL beat it in too many ways.

Better Camera, better external speaker, IR Blaster...

I was really excited for the Nexus 5 but i liked my ZL more...and I can't even unlock the bootloader on my ZL.
[Sony Xperia ZL] TheTofu:
Only thing that concerns me is that I don't know if the AOSP camera app is as good as the stock camera app, it's still gonna take good photos but it's been a long time since I've had stock so I can't really compare. Could be just be me being paranoid lol.
[Sony Xperia ZL] scifan:
No clue on that one...

I know they had some serious issues there for a while...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black6spdZ:
I've flashed just about every US Galaxy variant but just want to make sure I have the easiest method to get from GB 2.3.3 to CM10.2 on an I9100 as I'm helping a friend do this remotely. Can they just copy the CM ROM and Gapps to the SD, flash this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1118693 via Odin, then reboot into CWM recovery wipe and install those ZIPs? What exactly is the brick bug I've seen in some other threads.. is it a concern?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
That CWM version you're wanting to flash won't work with GB stock. If it were me, I'd upgrade to JB stock, root the phone with a custom kernel (PhilZ, Dori, whatever) & then flash CM10 from CWRecovery.

Edit - Brickbug ? Don't concern yourself with it, doesn't apply to this situation.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Black6spdZ:
I see that the kernel in that CWM is meant for JB, but if it was rebooted and immediately entered recovery afterwards and flashed with CM would it matter? Besides, there isn't an official JB update for the particular carrier.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beicuxhaven:
the surest way: ICS flash (eg threeparttable LPI 4.0.3 FW) because of Brick safe!!

reboot

reboot in download mode

rootkernel Siyah5.01 (tar version) with ODIN

reboot into recovery

then according to the instructions CM (with wipe/fullwipe)

directly from GB to JB is not.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sarfaraz1989:
Okay i got something.

1. Flash latest XXMS1 through ODIN. tar.md5 as PDA.

2. boot ur phone its on 4.1.2 now. Transfer Cm10.2 in sdcard0

3. flash siyah v6 beta as PDA in ODIN.

4. boot into recovery wipe everything system,data,cache,dalvik

5. Flash cm10.2 and extras gapps etc.
[HTC Sensation] dobah:
Hi All,

I just found this qi charging receiver pad for the usb port. Will it work with the htc sensation? Our usb port isn't directly on the bottom of the phone. It might work with my external case but the wire isn't long enough to reach the usb port in the corner of the phone.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221295826392
[HTC Sensation] dobah:
I ordered these things. After a few weeks of waiting, everything came in the mail. My htc sensation now has wireless qi charging and works great so far. I will eventually put a piece of electrical tape to hold it in place. It does get warm when charging.

I'm not sure if the narrow interface or wide interface is the correct one.

Universal QI Wireless Charging Charger Receiver Coil for micro-USB mobile Phone

USB Style: narrow-interface close to screen

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151141196492?var=450213450436

NEW Wireless Qi Power Charger Pad for Nexus 4 Lumia 920/820 HTC 8X S4 S3 Note II

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231080208255?var=530243009452
[HTC Sensation] Brav01:
Solar charger for htc avalible?
[Galaxy Note 3 Accessories] areayetee:
Has anyone figured out a good way or mod that keeps the cover closed without adding extra bulk or losing the sleek "book style" look? I'm concerned that on a accidental drop the case would flip open and not protect the screen.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepmob:
Hi Guys

Following is screen shot of my Battery drainage, that's weird because the highest Battery drainage is from google.

So anyone have any idea how to fix it.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Truck505766:
This is the headline Friday posted on itechpost.com. Does anyone know anything about it?
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] blueether:
http://www.itechpost.com/articles/1...-the-fcc-and-loses-smartphone-capabilties.htm

Reads as they will release it as a (mini) tablet... I guess so we dont look like twats with a small sun-shade held to our heads as we make calls
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] hamdogg:
That's gotta be the stupidest thing ever! The whole point is having a bridging device between 5" smartphone and 7" tablet.

FCC seem to have an objection about this device. Especially since its output is only SAR.42 which is one of the lower ratings for even a smartphone.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] natispain:
What does it meen? That I have to buy another pfhone to make calls????
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] keithleyson:
It's a different product derived from the Z Ultra. I guess Sony realized that they are going to to have a problem selling it to Americans as a smartphone when the mainstream size is less than 6".

ಠ_ಠ

On mobile....
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
No. They are making a "Z Ultra" without the cellular part so it'll only be a pure 6.4" tablet, and not a smartphone.
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] baileyjr:
Just seems beyond dumb to me lol :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] LordManhattan:
Oh, i agree :p
[Sony Xperia Z Ultra] Philip:
There are already a number of different variants of the Ultra (3G, 4G/LTE, etc)

So what's so surprising about Sony releasing a cheaper version that has no phone capabilities, but which they will just sell as a small tablet?